<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">2005/06 Utah Jazz Payroll: $46.1 million 2005/06 Estimated NBA Salary Cap: $45 million Roughly: $1.1 million over cap The Good: It is difficult to find a silver lining to the season the Jazz went through this year. Matt Harpring and Raja Bell proved to be decent scorers by season?s end. Unfortunately, Bell is now a free agent and Harpring has one year left. Utah should be able to keep them as long as they don?t have to break the bank. The Jazz have the fourth best chance to land the top pick in the draft, a rare position for them under Jerry Sloan. Fans, it not their owner, would be ecstatic to add hometown hero Andrew Bogut to the team, but since they already have three frontline players signed with long-term deals, they will likely have to go with Chris Paul or Deron Williams. However, a trade of one of those frontline players to get Bogut with the top pick would not be out of the question. The Bad: The Carlos Boozer deal smelled bad from the beginning and it still smells like road kill a year later. His stats weren?t all that bad at 17.8 points and 9 rebounds a game, but many felt that Boozer just wasn?t playing as hard as he could. Eventually, he went on the injured list with a bum foot and missed nearly half the season. Not a good start to a contract that will still pay him $58 million over five years.</div> <div align="center">Link</div>
They should trade Boozer and Harpring to clear up some cap. Then get in the running for Michael Redd who started to break out towards the end of the year.
Jazz Salaries, Cap Situation Mehmet Okur, Carlos Boozer and Andrei Kirilenko all have large contracts. This will make Utah struggle to stay under the cap in future, unless there is a trade(s) made.
If they ever get the CBA hashed out and signed this year, the cap is expected to raise about another 4 million and that'll help. Although it'll lighten Miller's pocketbook a little. Tank
